What laptop's OS is better for a college student-Mac or Windows?

Both machines these days can function and do whatever you want it to do.

which os is better? choice of computer will differ from everyone. It's simply a matter of educating yourself to figure out what's the best machine to fit your needs. Not a matter of bragging rights or name calling.

update: dont believe those 2 trolls saying "mac os is far superior" or anything like that. choosing the best OS is an opinion, not a fact.

Yehuda L, osx isnt fully unix. it has a hybrid kernel, not UNIX kernel.

bypass with the Mac. i'm a Mac consumer for a three hundred and sixty 5 days, and before that I used pcs with both abode windows XP and Linux. Mac is way better integrated, sleeker, better designed, swifter and bigger sturdy. also, and it truly is a huge plus, you could set up and run abode windows XP or Vista, ought to you make sure to finish that, on a similar Mac with OS 10. assessments have shown that the fastest abode windows computing device is truly a Mac. Get between the Macbooks, white or black, with 2gh processor and 2gb RAM, and also you'd be prepared for years to bypass!

I'd like to say windows, but only because of the aggressive attitude of the mac pack, chip on the shoulder anyone?

Mac OS is far superior. It is based on the tried and true OS Unix, and is far less vulnerable to crashing and viruses. It is also much more user friendly.

Windows is generally for business; I say Macbook. It is also good for traveling around campus because it's battery life is amazing.